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G. GOEWEY. Aging and Purifying Whisky. No. 241,966. Patented May 24,188]

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GOEWEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-EIGHTHS TO GEORGE F. GODLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

AGING AND. PURIFY'ING WHISKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,966, dated May 24, 1881. Application filed March 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GoEwEY, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Aging and Purifying Whisky and other Spirituous Liquors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is an apparatus in which whisky and other spirituous liquors jackets, which partlysurround said vessels,

and a series of perforated vessels, of conical or other form, which are connected with the above series of heating-'i essels by means of short pipes, and are provided with air-jackets, into which atmosphericair is forced from the abovementioned air-tank to intermingle with the liquor ash; is broken up in passing through the perforations of said intermediate vessels, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figurel is a plan or top view of an apparatus which illustrates my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of the supply-tank A, cylinder G, having a jacket, E, airtank B, conical vessel F, jacket D, and conmeeting-pipes, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the cylinder 0 and jacket E.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A is a supply tank, which receives raw whisky or other spirituous liquor from afilter or other vessel. (Not seen in the drawings.)

B is an air-tank, and G G C are cylinders arranged at different heights, so that the liquor may pass from the highest to the lowest. They are held securely in position by brickwork or other suitable means. The liquor is passed from the supply-tank A through the vertical pipe d, which is provided with a stopcock, c, to out off the charge when the cylinder is not quite full of liquor, a small space being thus left in the upper part of the cylinder for the admission of a forced pressure of atmospheric air from the tank B through the pipe at.

E is a. jacket around the lower side of the cylinder 0, it being of sufficient size to form a space, 6, for the admission of steam, which is passed into it through the pipe I), for heating the liquor in the cylinder, the pipe being provided with a stop-cock, f, for regulating the flow of the steam. The liquor in the cylinder is thus brought, under the heat of the steam, to a proper temperature.

The air-tank B is provided with a pipe, a, through which air is forced into the space in the upper part of the cylinder 0, for exerting a pressure upon the liquor when the latter is heated to the proper temperature, which may be readily discoveredby means of a thermometer attached to the cylinder. The stop-cock c of the short pipe 01 is then opened and the pressure of air on the top of the liquor in said cylinder Oforces itinto the cone F, and through its perforations insmall particles or atoms into the jacket D, where it comes in contact with atmospheric air, which is forced through the pipe at from the tank B, and the air and liquor, being com mingled, pass, through the small pipe d on the small end of thejacket D, into the cylinder 0.

To prevent any air passing from the cylinder 0, the outlet-pipe d is arranged at the lowest part of the cylinder, and the liquor is never allowed during the operation to descend as low as the outlet.

The lower side of the cylinder 0 is provided with a jacket, E, for the admission of steam for heating the liquor in the cylinder after it passes through the conical vessel F, as above described, the steam being passed into the jacket by means of the pipe b, which is provided with a stopcock,f. No vacuum is allowed in the cylinder 0, the pressure of air from the tank B being continuous. The cylinder C, like the cylinder 0, is not allowed to be quite full of liquor.

G is a vertical pipe, connected at its lower end with the upper side of the cylinder 0. Its

upper end is provided with the weighted valve H, which rises and discharges any excess of air from the space above the liquor when the pressure of the air becomes too great, the air passingoff at a pressure not less than nine pounds to the square inch,and in a dry state, without taking any of the spirit of the liquor with it. The same operation takes place in the passage of the liquor from the cylinder 0 to the cylinder 0, the cylinder having in connection a like perforated conical vessel, F, and a jacket, I), provided with the discharge-pipe d, and being connected with the cylinder 0 by means of the short pipe d, which is provided with the stop-cock c, and is connected with the airtauk B by means of the pipe a. The pipes a, a, and a are provided with stop-cocks, 9,9, and g. The said cylinder 0 is provided with the air-discharge pipe G and weighted valve H in the same manner as the cylinder 0.

By breaking upthe liquorin its heated state into small particles or atoms, as above described, and bringing it immediately into atmospheric air at its natural temperature in a closed vessel, whereby the liquor and air are caused to intermingle, and then withdrawing the excess of air therefrom without taking any of theliquor with it, a purification of the liquor is attained like that produced by the natural operations of the atmosphere, which requires years for its accomplishment.

Connected with the bottom of the jacket E of the cylinder (J is the pipe b,for discharging the steam or water resulting from the condeir sation of the steam, which maybe discharged into the boiler, the pipe being provided with the stop-cock c for that purpose. Thejacket E of the cylinder 0 is also provided with a pipe, b, having a SiO1)-COCl\',C', for the same purpose.

I donot confine myselfto any particular number of cylinders (J, C, and O. The last vessel of the series, however, in any case is without the steam-jacket, as in the drawings, as the liquor, when passed into this vessel, is not required to be heated. Nor do I confine myself to the making of the vessels of any particular material, but prefercopper when the apparatus is for whisky. Nor do I confine myself to any particular form of the vessels, but prefer the cylindrical form.

I claim as my invention 1. In an apparatus for aging and purifying whisky and other spirituous liquors, the combination, with a liquor-supply tank and an atmospheric-air tank having suitable feed-pipes, of a series of vessels, of cylindrical or other form, having steam jackets provided with feed and exhaust pipes, and a series of perforated intermediate vessels, of conical or other form, connected by means of short pipes with the cylindrical vessels, and having air-jackets, the said parts being constructed and arranged in relation to each other substantiallyin the manner described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the perforated vessel F, of conical or other form, air-jacket 1), cylinder (J, having a stcainjacket, E, and cylinder 0, having a jacket, E, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a series of cylindrical or other vessels, 0, C, and O, with the tank A, perforated vessels F F, air-jackets D and 1), air-tank 13, having pipes a, a, and a, and steam-jackets E and E, having in connection steam-pipes b and b, substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE GOEWEY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN USTICK. 

